PLUS (MT)

Smart Travels - Europe with Rudy Maxa"Switzerland and the Alps"
The Swiss Alps reverberate with cowbells, accordions, and laughter. We make our home base in the year-round playground of Interlaken, the "town between two lakes". We sail across glacial Lake Brienz, famous for its beautiful woodcarving. D

8:00 am

The Desert Speaks"Baja Boojums: Bizarre Plants"
Turning inland, the intrepid travelers begin a thorough investigation into the weird, wild plants of Baja California. They quickly encounter the mystical, mythical Boojum tree. One of the oddest plants imaginable, the Boojum tree is leafless for most of the year and looks like a bit like an upturned turnip. D

America's Heartland
California rice farmers find a new market in grain for sake. A Kansas ranch helps young people with disabilities. Discover the beauty connection between Cleopatra and pickles. D

9:30 am

New Scandinavian Cooking"Close to Home"
This episode finds Andreas at his farm in Southern Norway. There, he and Miles Irving, a British forager, look for wild herbs. Then, they cook a meal from ingredients they find in the fields, as well as beef from local farms. D

10:00 am

America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated"Breakfast Standbys"
Man on the Street John "Doc" Willoughby challenges viewers to a blind oatmeal tasting to see if steel-cut really is better than instant. Then, host Christopher Kimball goes into the test kitchen with test cook Bridget Lancaster to learn how to make the best bowl of 10-Minute Steel Cut Oatmeal. Next, equipment expert Adam Ried is in the Equipment Corner reviewing his favorite moka pots, and Chris answers questions from viewers. D

10:30 am

P. Allen Smith's Garden Home"Entry"
Smith uses the Garden Home Retreat's grand front door and containers filled with herbs to demonstrate the design principle of entry. He also visits a plant in Indiana that has an exceptional recycling system.G

Sesame Street"Squirmadega Car Race"
Slimey is practicing for the Squirmadega Car Race. He zooms forward, backward, and around and around on the counter of Mr. Hopper's store. Elmo excitedly gets ready to watch Slimey in the worm car race. D

1:00 pm

Dinosaur Train"Dinosaur Camouflage/Family Scavenger Hunt"
Dinosaur Camouflage - Buddy and Tiny meet a shy dinosaur, Leslie Lesothosaurus, who is very good at hiding. The kids end up persuading Leslie to stop hiding, and come out to play with them. Scavenger Hunt - The Pteranodon family travels to the Big Pond for a Scavenger Hunt. D

Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That!"Super Cleaner Uppers/Itty Bitty Water"
Seaweed Superhero - Nick and Sally are cleaning up the backyard when they come across a yucky apple core. Who's going to pick it up? The Cat in the Hat takes them to meet the best cleaner-upper there is, Sandy the Sand Hopper! Sandy teaches them the difference between natural "garbage" and man-made trash, and how some animals use the natural garbage as food. Back at home, they put the trash in a garbage bag, and the apple core in the garden for Wriggles the worm to enjoy! Itty Bitty Water - Nick and Sally are about to dump out the water in their kiddie pool when The Cat stops them - water is too precious to waste even a drop! Off they go to the Drippety Dry Desert to meet three creatures who are experts at conserving water. D

2:30 pm

Wild Kratts"Blowfish Blowout"
When the miniaturized Kratt Brothers get swept up and lost in a current of plankton, they become part of a crowd of fish larva all headed to the most populated and diverse habitat on Earth - the coral reef. D

3:00 pm

Outdoor Idaho"The Foothills"
The backdrop for Idaho's Statehouse and the city of Boise is also the instant getaway for people in the Treasure Valley with more than 10,000 acres set aside through a voter-approved levy and more than 135 miles of trails. Runners, walkers, mountain bikers, wildflower hunters, wildlife watchers and more make year around use of the Foothills, which merge into the Boise Ridge, topped by Bogus Basin Ski Resort.G

3:30 pm

Dialogue"Laurel Thatcher Ulrich"
Host Marcia Franklin talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Idaho native Laurel Thatcher Ulrich and about her latest book, Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History. Ulrich, a professor at Harvard University, was in Idaho to speak at the Idaho Humanities program in Idaho Falls.G

4:00 pm

Bluegrass Underground"Vince Gill"
A Country Music Hall of Famer and 20-time Grammy winner, Gill has recently been sharing the stage with Eric Clapton, Sting and James Taylor. Known for his razor-sharp instrumental skills, his expressive tenor voice, his richly varied songwriting and his superb choice of backup musicians, Gill delivers everything from heartfelt honky tonk ballads to hot bluegrass to full-throttle country rock, all leavened with an easygoing sense of humor that makes a Vince Gill show feel like you're just hanging out with on old friend. This is as good as country music gets. D

4:30 pm

Music Voyager"Israel: Tel Aviv - Rocking Israel"
Tel Aviv, Israel's biggest city, is a vibrant and striking blend of old and new. From the ancient port of Jaffa to modern skyscrapers and trendy nightclubs, Tel Aviv is the epicenter of Israel's arts scene and most of the country's top musicians live in and around the city. Music Voyager host Jacob Edgar meets Ehud Banai, the revered singer-songwriter who hails from one of Israel's most important musical families. D

Lark Rise to Candleford
A reporter arrives in Lark Rise with what promises to be exciting news for the Timmins family. Laura is excited to meet a real writer and shows him her private journal. Dorcas is suspicious of Daniel's motives and challenges him to write about love and community instead of sensation.G

7:01 pm

Midsomer Murders"Painted In Blood, Part 1"
Joyce Barnaby is in Midsomer Florey with a group of amateur painters when she finds the body of one of the members of the group. The dead woman however is not who she seems. But as the puzzle starts to get interesting, Barnaby is taken off the case because of Joyce's involvement. Part 1 of 2G

8:00 pm

Masterpiece Classic"Mr. Selfridge, Part 6"
This mini-series is a dramatization of the real-life story of Harry Gordon Selfridge, the flamboyant and visionary American founder of the famous London department store that revolutionized the modern shopping experience. Created by Andrew Davies (Little Dorrit) with Jeremy Piven (Entourage) in the title role. Two dead relatives show up at a store seance prompted by Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle. D

9:00 pm

Death In Paradise
Richard sees the dark side of show business when a comeback concert ends in the most public of murders. Now as if sun, sea, and sand were not bad enough, he now has to conquer his fear of snakes to find the elusive killer.G

10:00 pm

Call The Midwife
Dr. Turner is determined that Poplar will no longer live under the threat of tuberculosis. While the nuns and nurses support his campaign to bring screening facilities to the area, Jenny's nursing rounds lead her to a family that has suffered devastating misfortune from the disease. Now Jenny works to reconcile the dying father and his only remaining daughter.G

11:00 pm

Lark Rise to Candleford
A reporter arrives in Lark Rise with what promises to be exciting news for the Timmins family. Laura is excited to meet a real writer and shows him her private journal. Dorcas is suspicious of Daniel's motives and challenges him to write about love and community instead of sensation.G